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Kevin M. Eide

Senior Counsel

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Areas of Focus

  • Financial Restructuring
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Media, Entertainment & Sports
  • Film, Television & Digital Media
  • Renewable Energy
  • Geothermal

Kevin M. Eide

Senior Counsel

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keide@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

  • Financial Restructuring
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Media, Entertainment & Sports
  • Film, Television & Digital Media
  • Renewable Energy
  • Geothermal

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Areas of Focus

  • Financial Restructuring
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Media, Entertainment & Sports
  • Film, Television & Digital Media
  • Renewable Energy
  • Geothermal

Biography
  • Focuses on financial restructuring matters.

Kevin Eide represents official and unofficial creditors’ committees, noteholders, lenders, debtors, liquidating trusts and other parties in interest in large, complex cases.  He has represented clients in a number of industries, including energy, shipping, healthcare and media and entertainment.

While in law school, Kevin served as a judicial extern to the Honorable William Wayne Justice of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Representative Work
  • SVB: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, involving more than $3.4 billion in liabilities.
  • Crédito Real: Counsel to an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders and lenders in the restructuring of Crédito Real and its affiliates, a Mexican nonbank financial institution, involving more than $2 billion in liabilities.
  • Limetree Bay Refining: Counsel to an ad hoc term lender group in the chapter 11 cases of Limetree Bay Refining and its affiliates, a U.S. Virgin Islands-based oil refinery, involving approximately $1 billion in liabilities. Section 363 Sale of the Year $50MM to $100MM (M&A Advisor)
  • Just Energy: Counsel to the prepetition lenders and DIP lenders in the CCAA and chapter 15 cases of Just Energy and its affiliates, a leading North American distributor of electricity & natural gas, involving more than $440 million in liabilities.
  • Pacific Drilling S.A.: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured noteholders in the second chapter 11 cases of Pacific Drilling and its affiliates, an offshore ultra-deepwater drilling company, involving $1.1 billion in liabilities. Energy Deal of the Year (The M&A Advisor)
  • Diamond Offshore Drilling: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Diamond Offshore Drilling and its affiliates, a leader in the offshore drilling industry, involving $2.4 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
  • Constellis: Counsel to Constellis, a leading provider of risk management, security and global operational support services, in an out-of-court restructuring.
  • The Weinstein Company: Counsel to Lantern Asset Management in connection with its purchase of substantially all of the assets of The Weinstein Company. Acquisition & Turnaround of the Year (Turnaround Atlas Awards)
  • Breitburn Energy Partners: Counsel to an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders in the chapter 11 cases of Breitburn Energy Partners and its affiliates, an oil and gas company that explores and develops oil and gas producing properties, involving $3.4 billion in liabilities.
  • Hercules Offshore: Counsel to Hercules Offshore and its affiliates, an owner and operator of one of the largest jackup rig and liftboat fleets worldwide, in its second chapter 11 restructuring involving $600 million of liabilities.
  • LifeCare Holdings: Counsel to the company, a long-term acute care hospital chain, in its chapter 11 case involving $227.5 million in liabilities, and also in the auction and sale of substantially all the debtors’ assets.

Education

  • J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2008

  • B.A., University of Minnesota, 2002

Bar Admissions

  • California

  • District of Columbia

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